Tool-rack.



No. 808,142. PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905. J. W. DANHOUR.

TOOL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 12, 1904 21 l0 i7 20 men. 2. 25 19 8mm wwwwwo .101m W. Danhour UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed December 12, 1904. Serial No. 236,610-

To all whom it 771/661! concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. DANHOUR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huey, in the county of Clinton and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In Patent No. 766,934, issued to me August 9, 190 1, is described andclaimed a tool-rack for tools, brooms, shovels, and other similararticles.

The object of my present invention is to produce a rack of this class ofsuch character that it may be manufactured for considerably less andsuch that it will not require aspecial carrying-base.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

v Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device, and Fig. 2 a plan inslight horizontal perspective.

My present form of tool-holders is composed almost entirely of a singlepiece of wire, as follows: Starting at one end I form a vertical eye 10,from which extends a horizontal track member 11, this track member beingintended to extend at right angles from the wall to which the device isto be attached and of any desired length. At the outer end of the trackmember 11 the wire is bent up and doubled upon itself to form asubstantially vertical eye or abutment 12 and from thence downward andinward to form the brace member 13. At the inner lower end of the bracemember 13 the wire is bent to form a substantially vertical portion 1 1and is then doubled upon itself to form a vertical eye 15 (said eyebeing parallel-with the eye 10) and thence upward as a vertical member16. At the upper end of the member 16, immediately adjacent the eye 10,I form a vertical eye 17, the wire extending from thence outward atright angles to the track member 11 and at right angles to the planes ofthe eyes 10 and 17, as at 18. It is then doubled upon itself to form avertical eye 19 at right angles to the planes of eyes 10 and 17 andforming also the horizontal transverse member 20, which passes throughthe eyes 17 and 10, extending from thence first upwardly and thendownwardly to form a substantially vertical carat-shaped screw-receivingcrotch 21, thence outwardly in the transverse member 22, doubled uponitself to form the vertical eye 23, corresponding with the eye 19,thencebackward as a transverse member 2A and upward and around the transversemember 22, thus forming a vertical eye 25, similar to the eye 17, andfrom thence downward as a vertical member 26, similar to and parallelwith the vertical member 16. At

and upward as an inclined brace 29, doubled 5 upon itself to formavertical abutment or eye 30, thence inward as a horizontal track member31, and at the inner end bent around the transverse member 22 to form avertical eye 32 in form and arrangement like the parts 13, 12, 11, and10, respectively.

In order to tie the lower ends of the vertical members 16 and 26together, I provide a transverse member consisting of substantiallyhorizontal end eyes 33 and 3 1, (which pass through the eyes 15 and 27,respectively, and the intermediate carat-shaped screw-receiving crotch35.) The eyes 19 andr23 are displaced slightly from the vertical planeof the screwreceiving crotch 21, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and thescrew-receiving crotch 35 is also displaced slightly from the horizontalplane of the vertical members 16 and 26, so that when ordinary screws orheaded pins or nails are placed the proper distance apart in any wallthe holder may be readily attached by forcing the crotches 21 and 35behind the heads thereof, the transverse upper member especially beingby this means straightened out and by reason of its resilience holdingthe device in position against accidental displacement.

It will be readily understood that in describing the shape of the wireno intention has been had of defining the exact successive steps ofbending, but merely to indicate the final condition.

The holder described is much cheaper to manufacture than the deviceshown in my grior patent, and it needs no separate wooden ase.

I claim as my invention- 1. A device of the class described consistingof the two substantially vertical triangular members and a pair ofconnecting transverse members, each of said transverse members be- 10 5ing provided with a carat-shaped crotch, and one of said transversemembers having its ends displaced from the vertical plane of its crotch,for the purpose set forth.

2. A device of the class described consisting I I o of a single piece ofwire bent to form a pair of vertical triangular members and a transversemember having an intermediate pinreceiving crotch, the said transversemember connecting one pair of adjacent corners of the triangularmembers; and asecond transverse member also provided with anintermediate pin-receiving crotch, said second transverse memberconnecting another adjacent pair of apexes of the vertical members.

3. A device of the class described consisting of a single wire bent toform an eye 10 at one end, a track 11 extending substantially horizontal therefrom, an upturned eye 12 at the outer end of said track 11,a downwardly and inwardly inclined brace member 13, an eye 15 formed atthe lower end thereof, a vertical member 16 rising from said eye, an eye17 formed substantially parallel with the adjacent eye 10, a transversedoubled member 18 19 21 22 23 24:, an eye 25 formed adjacent the portion21 of the transverse member, a vertical member 26 arranged substantiallyparallel with the vertical member 16, an eye 27 formed at the lower endof said member 26 an upwardly and outwardly extending brace member 29extending from said member 26, an upturned eye 30 formed at the upperend of said brace member, a horizontal track member 31 formedsubstantially parallel with the track member 11, an eye 32 formed at theinner end of said track member and embracing the transverse member, anda transverse member provided with an eye at each end passing through andconnecting the eyes 15 and 27, all substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Huey,Illinois, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1904.

JOHN W. DAN HOUR. [L. s] l/Vitnesses:

D. U. STRANG, J'os. L. Hour.

